UNIFORM

CIRCULAR MOTION
 F  ma
“What is uniform circular motion?”
 Inuniform Circular motion
a body travels at a constant
speed on a circular path.
Here, the speed is
constant but the velocity
changes.
 The speed is constant, ‘v’ Link
 The velocity is not!
 There is an acceleration
 There is a net force
 d 2 r
v ( speed )  
t T
How do we get
the value of π?
 d 2 r
v ( speed )  
t T
2 r 2
( )
v 2
T 4 2
r
ac    2
r r T
 d 2 r
v ( speed )  
t T
2 r 2
( )
v 2
T 4 r
2
ac    2
r r T
 1
T 
f
T = Period (time per
revolution)
f = frequency (revolutions per
unit time)
v = speed
r = radius
 v 
2
F  m 
 r  since
Fc  mac
2
v
ac 
r
then 2
mv
Fc 
r
To the center mv kg  (m / s )
2 2
F  kg  m / s 2

r m

2 2
v (m / s)
To the center a   m/s 2

r m
 Constant Speed not Velocity:
The direction of v changes continually!

The velocity is always tangent to the path

There must be a force and therefore
an acceleration:
Directed to the center
When the string is cut it flies off
on a ______.
Tangent
Mike flies his model plane, the radius of the orbit is
50 m
and the 2 kg plane is flying at 20 m/s.
1. What is the tension he feels in his hand?
2. What was the centripetal acceleration of the plane?
3. At the position shown draw in vectors showing the
direction
of the force, acceleration,
and velocity.
A 95-kg halfback makes a turn on the football field. The
halfback sweeps out a path which is a portion of a circle with
a radius of 12 m. The halfback makes a quarter of a turn
around the circle in 2 s. Determine the speed, acceleration
and net force acting upon the halfback.
d along the path
Speed
s
t
d circumference  (diameter )  (24m)
v     9.42m / s
t t t 8s

v 2 (9.42m / s) 2
a   7.4m / s 2
r 12m

mv 2
FC   (95kg )(7.4m / s )  702 N
2

r
A 900-kg car moving at 10 m/s
takes a turn around a circle with a
radius of 25.0 m.
Determine the
acceleration and the net
force acting upon the
car.
An object traveling in a circular
path makes 1200 revolutions in
1.0 hour. If the radius of the
path is 10 meters, calculate the
speed of the object.
The tallest Ferris wheel in the world is located
in Singapore. Standing 42 stories high and
holding as many as 780 passengers, the Ferris
wheel has a diameter of 150 meters and takes
approximately 30 minutes to make a full circle.
Determine the speed of riders (in m/s and
mi/hr) on the Singapore Flyer.
 activity
Materials:

 Bond paper/colored paper

 Ruler
 Calculator
 Compass
 activity

Draw a circle with a radius of 5 cm. Inside the

circle, draw another circle using the same
center point with less than 5 cm radius (Choose
2-4 cm). Locate one point on bigger circle and
label it as A, then locate another point on
smaller circle and label it as B.
activity

●A
5 cm
●B
? cm
 activity

From the your activity, calculate for the

Centripetal Acceleration of points A and B
assuming that the circle has a velocity of 250
cm/s. Show your solutions
 activity
Answer the following questions.
Q1. How does radius affects the Centripetal
acceleration of an object?

Q2. Based from the activity, does greater

acceleration means that the object rotates faster?
Why? Why not?Justify your answer.
 Spin Cycle on a Washer

How is water
removed from
clothes during
the spin cycle of
a washer?
Relate circular
motion in
designing Ferris
Wheel.